So our GM Igor Smirnov continues his post on "What obstructs 95% of players?" with his second part!

Here it is......---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In the previous issue we been talked about the typical problems many chess players have. You may want to refer to the previous issue here: LINKIn short, people read A LOT of chess books, but the benefit is MARGINAL at best. Why does this happen?I’ll tell you something seemingly easy, yet it will have a tremendous effect!There is a HUGE (I mean extremely HUGE) difference between reading andstudying. Unfortunately most players don’t fully understand this, so let me explain this difference in detail: